Chinese Take-Out

Chinese Take-Out

  • Director: Sebastián Borensztein
  • Countries of origin: Argentina, Spain
  • Language: Spanish, Mandarin
  • Release date: March 24, 2011
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Chinese Take-Away
  • "Un cuento chino" is a comedy directed by Sebastian Polenszetan and starring Ricardo Darling and Muriel Santa Ana.
    The film tells about an Argentine named ROBERTO, who was living in an isolated world for the next 20 years because of a traumatic event more than a decade ago. Until a strange cause led him out of the hidden world. 

    Details

    • Release date March 24, 2011
    • Filming locations Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
    • Production companies Aliwood Mediterráneo Producciones, Castafiore Films, Gloriamundi Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $5,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $10,911,008

    Movie reviews

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    • By Beulah 2022-03-23 09:02:59

      Uncle Carrot

      When I saw the humorous adaptation of a true story, I became interested,

      and started this trip to Buenos, Argentina, accompanied by duck tongue and grapefruit, aloe vera and green tea.

      Simple story,

      but easily resonated,

      recalling the panic when I traveled alone.

      I have no guts, but I like to travel alone.

      I get excited every time before departure.

      Even when the plane is delayed, I can happily take pictures and post on Weibo....

    • By Kelli 2022-03-23 09:02:59

      "A bit of coincidence. 』

      A cow that fell from the sky, a tragedy that makes people want to laugh. After watching the Argentine movie "A Touch of Accident" (aka "A Chinese Story/Chinese Takeaway" Un cuento chino), I was thinking of something to write about. A young Chinese man came to Buenos Aires alone to look for his relatives. After losing his lover, he was robbed in a place he did not know well. Fortunately, he was able to escape the dilemma of living on the street when he met a strange uncle named Radish Head...

    • By Johnny 2022-01-14 08:02:29

      Mary's Love Letter

      Dear Turnip: During
             these three hours on the way home, I haven't missed you for a moment.
             It's true that I don't know much about you, but when I see you walk into my sister's house, I feel that we have known each other in previous lives.
             Perhaps there are two things in a person that can be felt for the first time-nobility and pain.
      And you have both.

             Why do you always approach me first and then distance yourself?...

    • By Floy 2022-01-14 08:02:29

      A little special taste

      All kinds of complaints, all kinds of spoilers, be careful!
          I watched this movie entirely for the test of dele intermediate level. To be honest, I thought it was a comedy at the beginning, but later, I was moved and brought in a bit. This damn it should be the director's skill.
        If things like small age and youth can be regarded as movies, then the current movie market can really be regarded as "hijo de puda". I admit that I haven't watched too many South American movies, except...

    • By Granville 2022-01-14 08:02:29

      Argentina

      Look at Argentina nine years ago

      The streets, shops, lifestyle, food are the same as they are nowadays

      Even the plaque on Taiwan Street is the same

      I don’t know how Argentina will change in the next ten years

      The first time I heard Uncle Robert scold someone in Spanish~( ̄▽ ̄~)

      This so-called Hokkien is acting silly and doesn’t like him

      In the first act, my fiancée was killed by a cow falling from the sky, which shocked me

      The takeaway boy appeared on...

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    • By Letha 2023-09-08 05:57:03

      Eyes full of absurd things and bitter tears I have seen the most interesting little cost this year. This is the real meaning of Hegel's sentence "Was vernünftig ist, das ist wirklich; und was wirklich ist, das ist...

    • By Karley 2023-09-05 08:53:13

      The story is sublimated at the...

    • By Edwina 2023-09-03 06:14:08

      People are on the road in...

    • By Clemmie 2023-07-31 04:01:31

      The plot at the beginning was too thunderous, and I thought it was a film from the Qing Dynasty. The plot layout is too correct, I watched it as a...

    • By Ophelia 2023-04-22 19:55:37

      It is rare to see how Argentines view Chinese people. It is interesting. The Chinese and Western subtitles are also very enjoyable. I continue to learn Spanish. At the same time, I also feel that Chinese acting is so mediocre in...

    Movie plot

    The Argentine of ROBERTO, because of the traumatic event more than ten years ago, he lived in isolation for the next two decades. He lived alone and hid in his own world all day long. Until one day, a strange cause surprised him and helped him sober and cheer up again. When he happened to encounter a cow falling from the sky, he finally began to walk out of the world he had hidden. When the film was filmed in Argentina, a large number...
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    In this film, director Sebastian Polenszetan simplified the immigration and smuggling issues. It is not that these issues are not important, but that he does not want to express these as the main contradictions of the film. In Polenszetan’s narration, the main character of the film has always been Roberto, who has been fighting with his inner world. Pollenszetan said: “I gave up on the issue of immigration, but focused on the...
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